Triple

T8332832
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Lane Craig E195111 entity
Predicate hasDebated P64392 FINISHED
Object Shelly Kagan
Shelly Kagan is an American philosopher at Yale University known for his influential work on ethics, moral theory, and the philosophy of death.
E733698 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Shelly Kagan | Statement: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, Shelly Kagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelly Kagan
Context triple: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, Shelly Kagan]
  • A. Leslie Kogan
    Leslie Kogan is the wife of American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, known for her connection to the acclaimed musician behind hits like "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You for Being a Friend."
  • B. Shelly Pfefferman
    Shelly Pfefferman is a central character in the television series "Transparent," portrayed as the outspoken, emotionally complex matriarch of the Pfefferman family.
  • C. Shelly Rubin
    Shelly Rubin is an American philanthropist and arts patron best known as a co-founder of the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City.
  • D. Shari Weiser
    Shari Weiser is a puppeteer and performer best known for physically portraying the character Hoggle in Jim Henson’s fantasy film "Labyrinth."
  • E. Jill Blotevogel
    Jill Blotevogel is a television writer and producer best known for her work developing and showrunning the MTV horror series Scream, including the reboot season Scream: Resurrection.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Shelly Kagan
Triple: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, Shelly Kagan]
Generated description
Shelly Kagan is an American philosopher at Yale University known for his influential work on ethics, moral theory, and the philosophy of death.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelly Kagan
Target entity description: Shelly Kagan is an American philosopher at Yale University known for his influential work on ethics, moral theory, and the philosophy of death.
  • A. Leslie Kogan
    Leslie Kogan is the wife of American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, known for her connection to the acclaimed musician behind hits like "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You for Being a Friend."
  • B. Shelly Pfefferman
    Shelly Pfefferman is a central character in the television series "Transparent," portrayed as the outspoken, emotionally complex matriarch of the Pfefferman family.
  • C. Shelly Rubin
    Shelly Rubin is an American philanthropist and arts patron best known as a co-founder of the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City.
  • D. Shari Weiser
    Shari Weiser is a puppeteer and performer best known for physically portraying the character Hoggle in Jim Henson’s fantasy film "Labyrinth."
  • E. Jill Blotevogel
    Jill Blotevogel is a television writer and producer best known for her work developing and showrunning the MTV horror series Scream, including the reboot season Scream: Resurrection.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbd120a1ec8190a8dc101fa1371780 completed March 31, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1cf20900819084ab766192f36239 completed April 2, 2026, 7:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce1ea3aaf881909562b65cefb20089 completed April 2, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce1f8d748c81909b331ed822919447 completed April 2, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.